JP Flores

I am interested in 3D genome organization and data visualization. I’m passionate about innovation in science and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).

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Education

PhD Candidate, Bioinformatics & Computational Biology

UNC Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC

2025 - 2021

  • Graduate Certificate in Innovation for the Public Good

BA, Cellular & Molecular Biology (Public Health Minor)

Occidental College

Los Angeles, CA

2021 - 2017

Research Experience

Graduate Research Assistant

Phanstiel Lab (UNC-CH School of Medicine)

Chapel Hill, NC

2025 - 2022

  • Using computational and wet-lab techniques to investigate the role of 3D chromatin structure in response to environmental stress
  • Developing a user interface for the R/Bioconductor data visualization package, plotgardener

Undergraduate Researcher

Schulz Lab (Occidental College Department of Biology)

Los Angeles, CA

2021 - 2017

  • Utilize techniques such as DNA isolation, PCR, gel electrophoresis, and HPLC to find medical relevance of venom
  • Conduct fieldwork in Kauai to study and capture venomous cone snails

Professional Experience

Data Science Intern

University of Utah David Eccles School of Business Sorenson Impact Center

Salt Lake City, UT

2021 - 2020

  • Work alongside the data science team to provide customized data analysis for clients, write code, learn best practices around data sharing and security, as well as create data visualizations and dashboards. Familiarity with Tidyverse set of packages within the R programming language

Student Manager of the Student Coalition for Higher Education

University of Utah David Eccles School of Business Sorenson Impact Center

Salt Lake City, UT

2021 - 2020

  • student-centric solutions

Awards & Accolades

Features & Interviews

Teaching Experience

I am passionate about empowering the next generation of diverse scientists, becuase talent is equally distributed but opportunity is not.

Promoting Inclusivity in the Research Environment

JEDI Leadership Fellows Program

Chapel Hill, NC

2024

  • The workshop allows researchers to recognize systemic barriers to inclusion and their impacts on individuals and society, take concrete steps to build supportive relationships with those from marginalized groups, and use their advantages to promote an equitable lab environment

BCB 723 Statistical Genetics & Genomics

Curriculum in Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, Department of Genetics

Chapel Hill, NC

2023

How to Learn to Code

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC

2023

  • Summer miniseries about the basics of computer programming/coding for biological research

WinSpire Dancing with Data!

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC

2023

  • Using the programming language R, high school students with marginalized gender identities, worked with data from Spotify. We explored which songs are the best to dance to, do homework to, cry to, and everything in between. Students gained experience in having fun in science, data wrangling & manipulation, data visualization, and science communication

WinSpire Digging Deeper

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC

2023

  • Workshop covering the importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in science for high school students with marginalized gender identities

Academic Support Program for Student-Athletes Tutor

Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost - UNC-CH

N/A

2023

  • Relate to students in both one-on-one and group situations and articulate material in ways that create an optimal learning environment

BIO 268 Biostatistics

Occidental College Department of Biology

Los Angeles, CA

2021

Training & Certifications

Effective Mentoring Training

N/A

N/A

2022

  • Foundation for developing competencies and skills in effective communication, aligning expectations, assessing progress and understanding, addressing equity and inclusion, fostering independence, cultivating ethical behavior, and being able to articulate a mentoring philosophy to others

Academic Articles

To advance equity and inclusion in science in the future, I will utilize a multi-pronged approach for change: “bottom-up” approaches such as peer mentoring and “top-down” approaches such as using my power to advocate for and implement data-driven and equity-focused policy.

Advance U.S. international diplomacy efforts by expanding eligibility in the Embassy Science Fellows Program

Journal of Science Policy and Governance

N/A

2022

  • Authored with Rami Major and Rachel Cherney

Non-Academic Articles

Invited Talks

The role of 3D chromatin structure in response to environmental stress

Invited talk, McDaniel College Department of Biology

Westminster, MD

2023

the people of posit: bringing personality to R packages

posit::conf(2023)

Chicago, IL

2023

Student-Equity-Centric: A Vision for the Future of Higher Education

University of Utah David Eccles School of Business Sorenson Impact Center

Salt Lake City, UT

2021

Poster Presentations

Hyperosmotic stress induces complete rewiring of chromatin interactions

UNC 6th Annual Chromatin & Epigenetics Symposium

Chapel Hill, NC

2023

Hyperosmotic stress induces complete rewiring of chromatin interactions

Keystone Symposium: Chromatin Architecture in Human Disease & Development

Victoria, BC

2023

Hyperosmotic stress induces complete rewiring of chromatin interactions

10th Annual Mid-Atlantic PREP & IMSD Research Symposium

Blacksburg, VA

2023

Hyperosmotic stress induces complete rewiring of chromatin interactions

5th Annual Dr. Samuel M. Nabrit Conference for Early Career Scholars

Providence, RI

2023

Hyperosmotic stress induces complete rewiring of chromatin interactions

Duke Biomolecular Condensates Symposium

Durham, NC

2023

From Sequence to Activity: Synthetic Neuroexcitatory Peptides from Fish-Hunting Cone Snails

Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research

San Pedro, CA

2019

From Sequence to Activity: Synthetic Neuroexcitatory Peptides from Fish-Hunting Cone Snails

Society for Intergrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting

Austin, TX

2019

From Sequence to Activity: Synthetic Neuroexcitatory Peptides from Fish-Hunting Cone Snails

Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting

San Diego, CA

2018

Service

external service

N/A

N/A

2023 - 2017

  • Biomedical Science Advisory Board Member, Chapel Hill - Carrboro City Schools Project Lead the Way
  • Peer Mentor, Graduate Mentorship and Assistance Program Philippines (GradMAP)
  • Peer Mentor, Association of Filipino Scientists in America (AFSA)
  • Junior Varsity (JV) Baseball Coach, Chapel Hill High School
  • Pen Pal, Letters to a Pre-Scientists
  • Host/Creator, From where does it STEM?

institutional service

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2023 - 2017

  • NCAA Division III Baseball Team, Occidental College Dept. of Athletics
  • Student-Athlete Advisory Commitee, Occidental College Dept. of Athletics
  • Diversity and Equity Board, Associated Students of Occidental College
  • Students for Equity & Advocacy in STEM, Occidental College
  • Justice, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion (JEDI) Occidental College Dept. of Athletics
  • ViSTA (Volunteers in Service of Tiger Admission), Occidental College Alumni
  • Alumni Secretary, Occidental College Class of 2021
  • Leadership Group, UNC Biological and Biomedical Sciences Program